SS Kazan
| History | |
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| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Van Vliet & Co |
| Yard number | 502 |
| Launched | 22 December 1943 |
| Completed | April 1945 |
| Out of service | 1973 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hansa A type Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 1,925 GRT, 935 NRT, 3,238 DWT |
| Length | 85.22 m (279 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 13.51 m (44 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 5.59 m (18 ft 4 in) |
| Depth | 4.80 m (15 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | Compound steam engine, 1,200IHP |
| Propulsion | Single screw propeller |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h) |
Kazan (Russian: Каза́нь) was a Hansa A Type cargo ship which was built as Elmenhorst in 1943 by Van Vliet & Co, Hardinxveld, Netherlands for Godeffroy & Co, Hamburg, Germany. She was seized as a prize of war in 1945, passing to the Ministry of War Transport and renamed Empire Galleon. She was allocated to the Soviet Union in 1946 and was renamed Kazan. She served until 1973 when she was scrapped.